Volume 26 Issue 5 03 Mar 2017 5 Adar 5777

From the Primary Head Madrich

Aaron Khedoori

Primary leadership

Emanuel School hosts an annual Leadership Experience for each Year 6 cohort to participate in. The program is run over an intensive two-day period at Allsorts Fitness Centre and Emanuel School.

All students take part in various activities and events to develop their personal and social skills. There is an array of sporting activities to enjoy such as bubble soccer, wheelchair basketball, hockey and obstacle courses. Each sporting activity is followed by a formally structured session dedicated to students learning about different facets of leadership. Students also learn about the significance of mentoring and different communication skills. 

On the Thursday evening the students watched a screening of the film, ‘Remember the Titans’. The reason for this film choice is that it portrays the concept of friendship, leadership and the importance of overcoming racism, which is the direct result of the team’s friendship. In the film, the team encounters a struggle bonding and becoming a team. However, once they come back from camp, they all begin to become a united football team, having both black and white people bonding together.

During the experience students are also taught how to develop personal and public leadership qualities. On the Friday we learnt about Jewish leaders such as Hannah Szenes. We looked at each of these Jewish leaders as a source of inspiration to empathise and understand the value of confidence, public speaking, team skills and what it truly means to be a moral and ethical leader.

I thoroughly enjoyed my experience at the Year 6 Leadership Experience and it has widened my horizons regarding my personal and public leadership skills. I have learnt the true value of team work, collaboration and how to be open to new learning experiences and challenges. All in all, these newly-learnt communication skills will contribute to my newly-appointed position as Head Madrich of the Primary School.